Judge Rules On Insurer’s Counterclaim In Fraud Dispute With Nonresponsive Insured

Mealey's (October 11, 2022, 9:24 AM EDT) -- WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A federal judge granted an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on its insurance fraud counterclaim against its insured in a suit she brought against the insurer seeking to force it to pay her claim for damages from a fire that destroyed her home, finding that because facts indicate that the insured set the fire and because she failed to appear in court, the insurer’s “factual allegations lead to a reasonable inference” that the insured committed insurance fraud....